2026 Enjoy Illinois 300
Motor car race
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The 2026 Enjoy Illinois 300 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 13, 2026, at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois on the 1.25-mile (2.01 km) egg-shaped asphalt oval, it is the 28th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the second race of the NASCAR Chase.
| Race details[1][2][3] | |||
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| Race 28 of 36 in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | September 13, 2026 | ||
| Location | Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.25 miles (2.01 km) | ||
| Distance | 240 laps, 300 mi (480 km) | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | USA | ||
| Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4) | ||
Report
Background
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World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly Gateway International Raceway and Gateway Motorsports Park) is a motorsport racing facility in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, close to the Gateway Arch. It features a 1.25-mile (2 kilometer) oval that hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NTT IndyCar Series, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) infield road course used by the SCCA, Porsche Club of America, and various car clubs, and a quarter-mile drag strip that hosts the annual NHRA Midwest Nationals event.
During the offseason, NASCAR announced that Gateway would now get the short track package, as opposed to running the intermediate package from previous years.[4]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Media
Television
USA Sports will cover the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA will handle the pit road duties from pit lane.
| USA | |
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| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Leigh Diffey Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte | TBA |
Radio
MRN will have the radio call for the race, which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and former championship crew chief Todd Gordon will call the action for MRN when the field races thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody will call the action for MRN from atop the Sunoco tower outside the exit of turn 2 when the field races thru turns 1 & 2. Kurt Becker will work the action for MRN when the field races thru turns 3 & 4. Pit road will be operated by lead pit reporter Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo, and Chris Wilner.
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
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| Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Mike Bagley Announcer: Todd Gordon | Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4: Kurt Becker | Steve Post Brienne Pedigo Chris Wilner |